Midori and I recently had the honor of facilitating several event technology sessions at Experient’s E4 conference. It just happened to be located at the Sheraton Waikiki in beautiful Hawaii. Upon arrival at the hotel, we were given brown paper bags and told that this was our amenity bag. The word “makana” which is…
Last week I attended ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX. This meeting brought about 6000 associations executives to this conference which had events in multiple venues around Dallas. While I was participating in the Twitter stream, I stumbled into a discussion with ASAE’s community manager, Mandy Stahl (@MandyStahl), about how it’s always cold in convention…
It’s Day Two of Meeting Professionals International’s (MPI) World Education Congress in St. Louis. The event is off to a great start with an amazing Opening Party at Busch Stadium. The energy is intense and I am looking forward to the rest of the conference. Yesterday, Midori and I had the honor of…
Well here it is again, July 9th. The day, when four years ago, I embarked on a journey that would take me to places that I never dreamed of. It seems sort of silly to say. I mean, I’m just talking about a social network. How is it possible that a simple, 140-character driven online…
How many times have you heard those words? I’d like to introduce to you so-and-so. I say them on a weekly, if not daily, basis. I introduce colleagues who I believe would benefit from knowing each other. On occasion, I see a good romantic fit and make an entirely different type of introduction, but that’s…